soccer this morning was exhausting. we only had one girl and one guy sub, and since the sub was much more needed for those playing forward (and i play defense), i played an entire 90 minute game. oh, my aching legs! but i came home and took a long bubble bath and feel much better now, thank you.
anyway.
when i moved into my apartment and went on my framing binge, i framed both of my diplomas and hung them up on the wall right above my desk here. their placement makes them quite visible when sit here and type; that wasn’t intentional, but just how it happened.
it’s funny, the things i think of when i happen to glance at my diplomas. the georgia tech one is bigger, and when i look at it, five years of memories wash over me. little things, mostly. frosted oranges at the v after working out at sac freshman year, late night frisbee, a blissful summer on campus, a camping trip to tennessee. coffee at the waffle house, late nights in the technique office, the early morning walk to the coliseum in graduation robes.
by contrast, stanford is fuzzy. there are moments that stick out, like jogging along what i called the “bay view” route and seeing the lights across the san francisco bay. watching the leonids from the chilly ground of the golf course, a group celebration after finishing a project, surfing till sunset, climbing half dome. but they seem detached. it was just over so quickly. so much happened in only nine months that time is starting to blur all the separate events into one warm, but fuzzy conglomeration.
and yet the memories are some of my happiest. i think maybe i should have stayed.
